Infant&#39;s band or shirt.



,PATENTED SEPT. 26, 1905.

0. E. OVENSHIREL mum's BAND 0R SHIRT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2 3, 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

INFANTS BAND 0R SHIRT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1905.

Application filed January 23, 1905. Serial No. 242,267.

To all whom it natty concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. OVENSHIRE, of Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin, State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Infants Bands or Shirts, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements i infants bands or shirts.

The-object of the invention is to provide an elastic tubular band or garment having means for securing a napkin thereto.

The invention consists generally in a band or shirt having a tubular body of elastic knitted fabric with inelastic tapes or strips extending over the shoulder-pieces thereofv and extending diagonally downward on the front and back to central points near the bottom of the garment and with inelastic tabs secured to the lower ends of said tapes.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure l is a front elevation of a band or shirt embodying my in- Fig. 2 is ,a side elevation of the same.

In the drawings, 2 represents the body of the band or shirt, which is of substantially tubular form-that is to say, it is made without any vertical opening in the front or back. It is provided with-the usual neck'and arm openings and with the shoulder straps or pieces 3. The body of the band or shirt is formed of an elastic knitted fabric.

4 4' represent strips or tapes of inelastic material which extend over the shoulderpieces anddownward, preferably in diagonal lines, to a central point near the bottom of the garment, both at the front and at the rear. These strips or tapes are preferably sewed to the body of the garment. Secured to the lower ends of these strips or tapes are the inelastic tabs or holding-strips 5. These are preferably secured only at their upper ends, the lower portions thereof being free from the body of the garment; but, if preferred,they may be sewed or secured to the garment at the lower ends of said strips or tapes 4 in any suitable manner. These tabs 5 provide means to which to pin the napkin both at the front and rear ofthe garment. The tabs being formed of inelastic material, there is no injury to the fabric forming the body of the garment, and said tabs being secured to the lower ends of the tapes 4 at the front and rear the strain coming thereon is carried over the shoulders of the wearer instead of drawing downward upon the fabric of the garment.

The tabs may, if preferred, be arranged upon the inside of the tubular body instead of upon the outside, inwhich case it will be connected to the body at the lower ends of the strips or tapes, preferably by sewing through the body of the garment and through the lower ends of the tapes, so that the strain will be brought upon the tapes in the same manner as if the tabs were upon the outside. Whether the tabs are placed upon the inside or the outside will make no difference in the use of the garment. In either instance it is preferable to bring the napkin inside of the band or shirt and secure it by pinning through the tab. 1

While I have described the invention as applied to an infants band or shirt, it may of 7 course be applied to a shirt designed for use of adults.

I claim as my invention 1. A band or shirt comprising a body of elastic fabric provided with shoulder pieces or straps, and inelastic strips or tapes extending over said shoulder-pieces and diagonally downward over the front and rear of the body to central points near the bottom thereof, and suitable tabs secured at the lower ends of said tapes.

2. A band or shirt comprising a tubularbody of elastic knitted fabric provided with shoulder pieces or straps 3 and inelastic strips or tapes 4 extending over said shoulder-pieces and diagonally downward over the front and rear of the body to central points near .the bottom thereof, and suitable tabs secured at the lower ends of-said tapes.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this18th day of January, 1905.

CHARLES E. OVENSHIRE.

Witnesses:

g A. 0. PAUL,

O. G. HANSON. 

